Lead end-to-end delivery of global IT and digital R&D projects from investment case through business-as-usual handover. Manage project portfolios, vendors, resources, budgets, and delivery across discovery, prototyping, pilots, MVPs, and existing platforms. Partner with product owners, SMEs, enterprise architecture, and global stakeholders while applying Agile and Waterfall methodologies and Mars project management standards.
Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Enterprise Technology Digital R&D team, who are responsible for the strategy and governance of R&D digital ecosystem and delivery of new digital capabilities meeting the needs of corporate and functional strategies across the R&D function in Mars Inc.
This is a key area of focus for Mars Inc, as we continue to build and invest in the most effective and agile R&D digital landscape for Mars. This role will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Global IT Projects in the R&D domain. Managing projects through their full lifecycle from Investment Case through transition to Handover with BAU. This includes managing vendor teams, project resources, and budgets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the implementation of new capabilities and innovation activities within R&D.
- Responsible for project managing R&D digital activities across a portfolio of applications. This will include activities following the cycle of discovery, prototyping, pilots and first stage minimum viable product (MVP) in addition to supporting the delivery of new capability on our existing R&D digital platforms.
- Responsible to partner closely with business Product Owners and SMEs to deliver the assigned projects.
- Supporting a continued drive for bringing to the team great insights via external thought leadership across industry/peers/academia and through internal connections. Helping to find new ways of solving business problems in-line with our strategic Mars Inc. priorities across the R&D function.
- Strong collaboration & communication across all key stakeholder groups: R&D Corporate, Mars DT ET, R&D Segment leads, DT BDS, Enterprise Architecture and other senior leads across digital Mars DT teams.
- Partnership with Tier 1 and niche Tier 2 partners to help deliver projects and new capability activities.
- Follow Project Management Excellence (PMX) to ensure compliance with Mars framework.
Job Qualifications:
- 8+ years in delivery of digital capabilities within a business function, preferably in the CPG industry.
- Bachelors degree in IT, Business or relevant business function
- Functional expertise and awareness in core R&D processes, across PLM, Quality and Regulatory Affairs.
- Strong ability to lead and influence in a matrix organisation
- Experience of leading projects using both Agile & Waterfall methodologies.
- Experience working in a product-oriented organisation
- Project Management experience working with Global Teams (multi-segment).
- Budget management/Financial Acumen
- PMP certified preferred.
- Functional expertise and awareness in core R&D processes, across PLM, Quality and Regulatory Affairs.
- Strong ability to lead and influence in a matrix organisation
- Experience of leading projects using both Agile & Waterfall methodologies.
- Experience working in a product-oriented organisation
- Project Management experience working with Global Teams (multi-segment).
- Budget management/Financial Acumen
- PMP certified preferred.
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